UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15897

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-15897
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15897.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-15897
Related
Published
2017-12-11T21:29:00Z
Modified
2017-12-11T21:29:00Z
Severity
  • 3.1 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • 3.1 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

Node.js had a bug in versions 8.X and 9.X which caused buffers to not be initialized when the encoding for the fill value did not match the encoding specified. For example, 'Buffer.alloc(0x100, "This is not correctly encoded", "hex");' The buffer implementation was updated such that the buffer will be initialized to all zeros in these cases.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / nodejs

Package

Name
nodejs
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nodejs?arch=src?distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
8.10.0~dfsg-2

Affected versions

6.*

6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu1
6.11.4~dfsg-1ubuntu2
6.12.0~dfsg-1ubuntu1
6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu1
6.12.0~dfsg-2ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "nodejs"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "8.10.0~dfsg-2",
            "binary_name": "nodejs-doc"
        }
    ]
}